Fast by Default : Near Instant Load Times at Scale with GatsbyJS

A presentation at Human Talk x Software Crafters Lyon in in Lyon, France by Matthieu Auger

GatsbyJS is a library that adds powerful static capabilities to React-powered webapps and packs many performance optimizations, making websites load instantly, by default.

Gatsby plugins allows any datasource, including custom APIs, into a Gatsby-powered website with the expressiveness of GraphQL.

In this talk we will cover the following topics:

  • How GatsbyJS & GraphQL enhance the performance, developer experience and scalability of modern webapps;
  • Tayloring GatsbyJS to your own APIs through Source Plugins;

By the end of the talk, the audience will understand why GatsbyJS may be the next game-changer in terms of performance & DX and when to start with (or migrate over to) GatsbyJS.